If you happen to be spending a week long vacation somewhere else, going around the place would be a hassle if you don't have your own car to begin with. Taking a cab is not option because they are too costly which will ruin your vacation budget, it may also be a problem if the place you are stating at has a very limited means of public transport. The only option you have left is to rent a car. But hold on right there, don't be too excited yet because you have to know that not all car rental companies allow car rental under 25 years old. Meaning if you are a year short for that are out of luck, but not totally though. No matter how good your driving records was, car rental companies doesn't fall easily to shiny road records. What they are more concern with is the amount of risk involve in allowing people to rent a vehicle below the required age. A lot of reason behind that actually, one is the cost of the surcharges could be too much for the person to shoulder especially if you are just a student. Another thing is, they need more valid credentials to be assured that you are not in anyway connected to a car stealing group and lastly they are just following what the trade law about car rentals has to say. But the good news is some of these policies have been changed in the past few years. The discretion whether to allow a person under the age if 25 to be trusted with the vehicle would be under the company's own risk. Statistically speaking, the number of road accidents involving rented cars had a dramatic decline during the previous years thus, showing up as higher possibility of car rental under 25. Although policies have changed, still the cost of car rental is talking about serious greens, the bigger chunk in the population of people within that age bracket are college students. Being said that, it is a fact that being in college means stretching your penny as far as it can get and budget is a big issue. That is the same reason why car rental companies are thinking twice about allowing car rentals to people within that age group. If they happen to approve the rental a higher surcharge and rental fee would be applied and this is because they have to make sure that the vehicle is fully covered in terms of all maintenance and amount of risk involve. So, if you happen to return the car in several pieces at least they have it all covered for repairs.